An excellent flag reference with many good illustrations. It can
be hard to find but it is by no means “rare”. (In fact, its
one of the most common 19-th century flag books.) However the Quarto
edition is rather scarce. This book is most commonly found in a smaller
format, about 8 inches tall, and all of the plates are bound together
at the end. The Quarto edition has the plates distributed throughout
the book.Nick Artimovich, 23 Jul 1998

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Missing info! (4)Title: From Blazonry to PoliceSpeak:
A consideration of communication in a multilingual EuropeMedium: article in a non-vexillological sourceMain author(s):R.
Lee HumphreysLanguage:EnglishSource title: English TodaySource number (date): 7 (1991)Source pages: 37-39Remarks: Short discussion of
“sublanguages”,
including flag language (signal flags) and heraldry

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Missing info! (2)Title: The History of the Department of State VII:
Duties of the Department of StateMedium: article in a non-vexillological sourceMain author(s):Gaillard HuntLanguage:EnglishSource title: The American Journal of International LawSource number (date): 5 (1911)Source pages: 414-432Source edition (publisher:
place): American Society of International Law:
Washington (United States)Remarks: Includes dicussion of the seal of the USA.

Basically, this book contains flags and arms of 198 nations.
There are 191 UN member and Vatican State, but I consider more
6 countries as de-facdto independent countries (Abkhazia, Northern
Cyprus, Palestine, Somaliland, Taiwan and Western Sahara).

Beside the 198 national flags, there are 32 state flags and
ensigns, 88 war flag and ensigns, 43 civil flag and ensigns,
flags of 123 heads of state and 17 governor-generals. There are
some other flags too, eg. flags of some countries used on Olympic
(Korea, Taiwan), or some backside (Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, etc.)
There are 61 flags of overseas territories and dependencies.

I also put the flags of subdivisions of some countries into
book, so there are 774 subnational flags, including flags and arms
of Hungarian counties, of course.

I also publish some other flags like ainus, aboroginals,
Barotseland, Germans in Belgium, Bougainville, Cabinda, South
Cameroon, South Sudan, Kabilia, separatists in India and Myanmar,
Kurdistan, Lappland, Mayas, Maoris, Mustangh, Puntland, and so on
(45 flags). There are three quasi-states as interesting entities
(Saugeais, Sealand, Seborga). Finally, there are flags of 15
international organizations.

All nations have a text about their history in brief, and some
facts about their flags and ensigns. It is also true for subnational
flags. I have written about symbolism, there are proportions, and
adaption dates, too. Unfortunatelly, it was not possible to use FIAV
codes to indicate status of flags and ensigns, because of technical
reasons. Local names and some basic geo-political data (area,
population, capital, government form, administrative units, and
currency) are also appear at all countries.

Summarizing, you can find 1421 flags and 240 arms around the
world in this book.